Each day we used our game (see Thursday of Math, Week 25) to review the addition facts we had already done, and then added the next set, up to 5+. On Thursday K. was getting pretty good with the 1+ and 2+ facts, so I made them into groups of six facts instead of three and four facts. As she gets better, I will mix make the groups even larger (but, no more than 10) and mix up the groups so all the 1+, etc. aren't together. If your child gets stuck, or starts guessing, have them use manipulatives to figure out the correct answer. Here is K. matching up a group of 1+ facts.
Monday
- We reviewed out 2+ facts and I introduced the 1+ facts
- We reviewed the 1+ and 2+ facts, I introduced the 3+ facts
- Game: What Did I Do? from Games for Math -- a math comprehension game
- You'll Need: 10 beans, paper clips, or pennies
- Rules: Put some beans in your hand and show them to your child. Have them count how many are there. Now have them close their eyes or look in another direction so they can't see what you are doing. Add some beans to your hand. Have your child look. Ask, "How many beans did I add?"
- You can also do this with subtraction, but right now we are only working on addition.
- The first times you do this, your child probably will not get it and you will need to re-enact what you did. Ask how many beans there were at first. Have them put that many in their hand. Ask how many beans you have now. Have them add as many beans as needed so they have the same amount. Counting each bean as they add them will show what you did.
- K. really enjoyed this and we took turns.
- We reviewed the 1+, 2+, and 3+ facts and introduced the 4+ facts
- Game: Number Stories from Games for Math -- this game helps with math comprehension
- You'll Need: a good imagination
- Rules: Storytelling time should be relaxed and playful. Keep most of the questions easy. Stories can be real or fantasy. Stories should be no longer than a few minutes.
- Here is the story I told K. while we were driving around doing our errands.
- There once was a little girl who liked to have picnics at the park. One day she was helping her mom pack the picnic basket. She put 2 apples in the basket, then put 1 more in. How many apples did she put in? (K. "3") She put 10 cheese crackers in a bag then added 4 more. How many cheese crackers were in the bag? (14) Then she put a lot more in. The girl put 1 water bottle in the basket and then 1 more. How many water bottles did she put in? (2) Her mother put sandwiches and cookies in the basket. When they got to the park the girl saw 2 of her friends playing in the sand and 4 of her friends playing on the slide. How many friends were at the park? (6) The girl went to play with her friends in the sand. They had 2 buckets and the girl brought 2 buckets. How many buckets did they have? (4) They played until their mothers called them to eat their lunch. After that they went home.
- We reviewed the 1+, 2+, 3+, 4+ facts and introduced the 5+ facts
- Game: Number Ladder from Games for Math -- this game helps with memorizing math facts
- You'll Need: 1 game board, 1 spinner
- Draw a ladder on a piece of paper or card stock. Write the numbers 1 - 10 on the rungs of the ladder. The numbers should be in no particular order.
- Make a spinner with the numbers 0 through 5.
- Rules: Player #1 flicks the spinner. Then adds that number to each number on the ladder, starting at the bottom rung. As they do the math facts correctly they continue to climb the ladder. If they falter, they tumble down the ladder. Then it is Player #2's turn.
- Since the teacher probably knows all the math facts, you must make at least 1 mistake. If your child catches your mistake, then you tumble down the ladder.
- A variation of this would be to see how quickly each of you can climb the ladder.
- Since I have just introduced the math facts this week, we didn't use the spinner. I had K. do the 0+ facts, then I did the 5+ facts, then she did the 1+ facts, then I did the 4+ facts, then she did the 2+ facts, and I did the 3+ facts.
- We reviewed all our math facts.
- Game: Fifty Wins -- See Math, Week 20 for instructions.
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